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Tuesday is a primary election day in several states, including California, where voters will decide two finalists to seek the governor's office in November.
In all, 61 candidates are on the so-called nonpartisan jungle ballot.
The current governor, Gavin Newsom, is term-limited.
There's also an election for the mayor of Los Angeles.
Voters will cast ballots in Iowa for the U.S.
Senate seat and a governor's office where the two Republican officeholders decided not to seek re-election.
And in New Jersey, there's a U.S.
Senate primary, House races as well.
South Dakota has primaries for the U.S.
Senate, the governor, and for the House of Representatives.
Only one crossing into Gaza is open for aid in commercial goods, as NPR's Anas Baba in Gaza reports on how the closure of a second crossing has impacted the flow of aid into the war-torn territory.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman.
The Trump administration is extending temporary protected status for those from Lebanon for six months.
As NPR's Jimeni Bustillo reports, it's the first extension of protections under the current administration.
In France, authorities have taken into custody a phantom oil tanker belonging to Russia.
NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that French authorities boarded the tanker in the Atlantic after the captain refused to comply with orders.
Police in Muscatine, Iowa say seven people, including the gunman, are dead in a series of shooting Monday involving a domestic dispute with members of the same family.
Four people died in the first shooting, which took place midday.